Strobe Nightclub

6 Union Street, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2SR

Completed application 072430 which is a Lapsed for Premises Licence from 19/04/2018 to 22/05/2018

Applicant(s)

Designated Premises Supervisor

Permitted Activities

• an exhibition of a film
• a performance of live music
• any playing of recorded music
• provision of late night refreshment
• sale and supply of alcohol

Additional Conditions

• ANNEX 1 - MANDATORY CONDITIONS (PREMISES LICENCE - ON & OFF SALES)

   

  All supplies of alcohol

   

  1. No supply of alcohol may be made under this Premises Licence-

   

  (a)              at a time when there is no Designated Premises Supervisor in respect of     the Premises Licence, or

  (b)              at a time when the Designated Premises Supervisor does not hold a Personal Licence or his Personal Licence is suspended.

   

  2. Every supply of alcohol under the Premises Licence must be made or authorised          by a Person who holds a Personal Licence.

   

  Irresponsible drinks promotions

   

  1.The responsible person must ensure that staff on relevant premises do not carry out, arrange or participate in any irresponsible promotions in relation to the premises.

   

  2. In this paragraph, an irresponsible promotion means any one or more of the following activities, or substantially similar activities, carried on for the purpose of encouraging the sale or supply of alcohol for consumption on the premises -

   

  (a)              games or other activities which require or encourage, or are designed to require or encourage, individuals to -

   

  (i)              drink a quantity of alcohol within a time limit (other than to drink alcohol sold or supplied on the premises before the cessation of the period in which the responsible person is authorised to sell or supply alcohol), or

  (ii)              drink as much alcohol as possible (whether within a time limit or otherwise);

   

  (b)               provision of unlimited or unspecified quantities of alcohol free or for a fixed or discounted fee to the public or to a group defined by a particular characteristic in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

  (c)              provision of free or discounted alcohol or any other thing as a prize to encourage or reward the purchase and consumption of alcohol over a period of 24 hours or less in a manner which carries a significant risk of undermining a licensing objective;

   

  (d)               selling or supplying alcohol in association with promotional posters or flyers on, or in the vicinity of, the premises which can reasonably be considered to condone, encourage or glamorise anti-social behaviour or to refer to the effects of drunkenness in any favourable manner;

   

  (e)               dispensing alcohol directly by one person into the mouth of another (other than where that other person is unable to drink without assistance by reason of disability).

   

  3. The responsible person must ensure that free potable water is provided on request    to customers where it is reasonably available.

   

  Age verification policy

   

  1. The premises licence holder or club premises certificate holder must ensure that an age verification policy is adopted in respect of the premises in relation to the sale or supply of alcohol.

   

  2. The designated premises supervisor in relation to the premises licence must ensure that the supply of alcohol at the premises is carried on in accordance with the age verification policy.

   

  3. The policy must require individuals who appear to the responsible person to be under 18 years of age (or such older age as may be specified in the policy) to produce on request, before being served alcohol, identification bearing their photograph, date of birth and either -

   

  (a)               a holographic mark, or

  (b)               an ultraviolet feature.

   

  Alcoholic drink measures

   

  1. The responsible person must ensure that-

   

  (a)              Where any of the following alcoholic drinks is sold or supplied for consumption on the premises (other than alcoholic drinks sold or supplied having been made up in advance ready for sale or supply in a securely closed container) it is available to customers in the following measures-

   

  (i) beer or cider: ½ pint;

  (ii) gin, rum, vodka or whisky: 25 ml or 35 ml; and

  (iii) still wine in a glass: 125 ml;

   

  (b)              these measures are displayed in a menu, price list or other printed material which is available to customers on the premises; and

   

  (c)              where a customer does not in relation to a sale of alcohol specify the quantity of alcohol to be sold, the customer is made aware that these measures are available.

   

  Permitted price

   

  1. A relevant person shall ensure that no alcohol is sold or supplied for consumption on or off the premises for a price which is less than the permitted price.

   

  2. For the purposes of this condition -

   

  (a)              “duty” is to be construed in accordance with the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

   

  (b)              “permitted price” is the price found by applying the formula P = D + (DxV) where:

   

  (i) P is the permitted price

  (ii) D is the amount of duty chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the duty were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol, and

  (iii) V is the rate of Value Added Tax chargeable in relation to the alcohol as if the Value Added Tax were charged on the date of the sale or supply of the alcohol;

   

  (c) “relevant person” means, in relation to a premises licence -

   

  (i)   the holder of the premises licence,

  (ii)  the designated premises supervisor (if any)

  (iii) the personal licence holder who makes or authorises a supply of alcohol;

   

  (d) “relevant person” means, in relation to a club premises certificate, any member or officer of the club present on the premises in a capacity which enables the member or officer to prevent the supply in question; and

   

  (e)              “Value Added Tax” means Value Added Tax charged in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

   

  3. Where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) would (apart from this paragraph) not be a whole number of pennies, the price given by that sub-paragraph shall be taken to be the price actually given by that sub-paragraph rounded up to the nearest penny.

   

  4. (1) Sub-paragraph (b) below applies where the permitted price given by Paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) on a day (―the first day‖) would be different from the permitted price on the next day (―the second day‖) as a result of a change to the rate of duty or value added tax.

  (2) The permitted price which would apply on the first day applies to sales or supplies of alcohol which take place before the expiry of the period of 14 days beginning on the second day.

   

  Exhibition of films

   

  (1) Where a premises licence authorises the exhibition of films, the licence must include a condition requiring the admission of children to the exhibition of any film to be restricted in accordance with this section.

   

  (2) Where the film classification body is specified in the licence, unless subsection (3)(b) applies, admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that body.

   

  (3) Where-

  (a) the film classification body is not specified in the licence, or

  (b) the relevant licensing authority has notified the holder of the licence that this subsection applies to the film in question,

  admission of children must be restricted in accordance with any recommendation made by that licensing authority.

   

  (4) In this section-

  "children" means persons aged under 18; and

  "film classification body" means the person or persons designated as the authority under section 4 of the Video Recordings Act 1984 (c.39) (authority to determine suitability of video works for classification).

   

  Door supervision

   

  (1) Where a premises licence includes a condition that at specified times one or more individuals must be at the premises to carry out a security activity, the licence must include a condition that each such individual must be licensed by the Security Industry Authority.

   

  (2) But nothing in subsection (1) requires such a condition to be imposed-

  (a) in respect of premises within paragraph 8(3)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (c.12) (premises with premises licences authorising plays or films), or

  (b) in respect of premises in relation to-

  (i) any occasion mentioned in paragraph 8(3)(b) or (c) of that Schedule (premises being used exclusively by club with club premises certificate, under a temporary event notice authorising plays or films or under a gaming licence), or

  (ii) any occasion within paragraph 8(3)(d) of that Schedule (occasions prescribed by regulations under that Act).

   

  (3) For the purposes of this section-

  (a) "security activity" means an activity to which paragraph 2(1)(a) of that Schedule applies, and

  (b) paragraph 8(5) of that Schedule (interpretation of references to an occasion) applies as it applies in relation to paragraph 8 of that Schedule

   

   

   

• ANNEX 2 - CONDITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE OPERATING SCHEDULE

   

  Conditions that have been agreed with the Police Licensing Authority

   

  Door Supervisors

  1.              Random drug searches will be undertaken as a condition of entry

  2.              Queuing of customers will be monitored to ensure orderly behaviour

  3.              Incidents of violence within the premises will be reported to the police at the earliest opportunity and they will be afforded all assistance possible in the course of any criminal investigation

   

  Bottles and Glasses

  1.              No open glass bottles or drink containers will be taken from the premises

  2.              Toughened glass will be used to serve drink other than wine, spirits, and soft drinks ie. for all beers, lagers and ciders

  3.              Regular glass and bottle collection from all public areas will take place

   

  Drugs

  1.              Zero tolerance to drug use and dealing

   

  Conditions relating to the Protection of Children from Harm

  1.              Signs will be displayed to inform customers that anyone who looks under 21years of age may be asked for photo identification and staff will be appropriately trained in implementing this policy

  2.              Under 18 policy in place (Separate Policy)

   

  Conditions that have been agreed with the Environmental Health Authority

   

  Public Safety

  1.              An air management system within the premises will be used during entertainment, as there will be insufficient ventilation when all windows and doors are closed, to prevent noise break out.  Details of the system will be forwarded to the Environmental Regulation Services for comment

   

  Public Nuisance

  1.              Doors and windows will be kept shut during entertainment

  2.              Management will control the sound levels of the music/entertainment

  3.              Provide a lobby to the front entrance, which is capable of preventing noise break out.  The lobby should be in use throughout entertainment

  4.              To prevent entertainment being intrusive, noise emanating from the premises will not be clearly audible one metre from the façade of the nearest residential property

  5.              After 02.00hrs until 08.00hrs

  Total containment within the premises

   

  Steps that have been taken to promote the Four Licensing Objectives

  1.              CCTV system installed

  2.              Sound containment measures in place

   

   

• Annex 3 - Conditions attached after a hearing by the licensing authority

   

  None.

   

• ANNEX 4 - PLANS

   

  As Attached